Severe Thunderstorm Warning in effect until 7:30pm

The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...

Southeastern Rowan County in the Piedmont of North Carolina...

* Until 730 PM EST.

* At 658 PM EST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line

extending from 6 miles northeast of Salisbury to 8 miles east of

Kannapolis, moving east at 50 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.

* Locations impacted include...

Salisbury, Spencer, Granite Quarry, Rockwell, Faith, High Rock

Lake, Gold Hill and High Rock.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EST for the Piedmont

of North Carolina.